Bedstead.



PATENTED MAY 16, 1905.

W. CHARLTON.

BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 10. 1905.

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Patented May 16, 1905.

PATENT WILLIAM CHARLTON, OF KIRBYVILLE, TEXAS.

BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,963, dated May 16, 1905.

Application filed January 10, 1905. Serial No. 240,512.

To all whom, it Wmy concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CHARLTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kirbyville, in the county of Jasper and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedsteads; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in bedsteads; and the object of the invention is to produce a bedstead which may be easily and quickly reversed, if desired, to have the bed-springs held at different elevations; and the invention consists in various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then speciiically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of my improved bedstead, showing one form of adjustment. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the bedstead reversed, and Fig. 5 is a view on line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A and A designate the two side rails of the bedstead, which are securely braced, as shown, and when the bedstead is adjusted in the form shown in Fig. 1

of the drawings its weight rests upon thehorizontally-disposed portions B of the rail B, which horizontal portions may be provided with casters. Legs C connect the horizontal portions forming the side rail, and intermediate the sections of the side rail is a plate D, having a central square-outlined aperture D. A brace E is provided, the ends of which have contracted square-outlined portions E, adapted to engage the square-outlined aperture D.

A threaded rod F passes longitudinally through said cross-piece E, and the ends of said rod project beyond the ends of the brace E and are adapted to receive nuts G, whereby the shouldered portion of the brace E may be held securely against the side rails of the bedstead to hold the latter parallel to each other.

Projecting from each end of each side rail is a threaded rod H, which rods are adapted to pass through the headboard K and the footboard K, and nuts N are fitted upon the projecting ends of said rods, which pass through said head and foot boards. Cleats O are secured to the legs 0 upon the inner faces of the same when the bedstead is adjusted as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Said cleats are provided for the purpose of supporting the bed-springs Q. On the outer face of each leg C is a cleat R, which (shown in Fig. 4: of the drawings) is provided to support the springs when the side rails are reversed in the manner shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

In reversing my bedstead the nuts are removed from the rod F, which passes through the central brace E, and said brace removed, after which the two side rails may be swung upon their pivotal ends, which constitute the threaded rods, and the side rails reversed to the position shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and after the side rails are reversed the brace E may be replaced and the parts held in their adjusted positions. It will be observed that in the reversed form of the bedstead the springs are held at a higher elevation from the bottom of the bedstead than in the form shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and in which reversed position the legs T at the ends of the head and foot boards support the weight of the bedstead instead of the horizontal portions B. (Shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.)

WVhile I have shown a particular form of bedstead illustrating my invention, it will be observed that I may vary the details of the same, if desired, without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A reversible bedstead comprising two side rails, threaded rods carried thereby, head and foot boards through which the projecting ends of said rods pass and have bearings, cleats secured to said side rails, and means for holding the latter parallel to each other, as set forth.

2. A reversible bedstead comprising two side rails, threaded rods carried thereby, head and foot boards through which the projecting ends of said rods pass and have bearings, cleats secured to said side rails, a brace, a threaded rod carried thereby and projecting beyond the ends of the brace and adapted to pass through apertures in the side rails, and nuts fitted upon said threaded nuts, as set forth.

3. A reversible bedstead comprising two side boards, each having a rail which has flattened portions adapted to support the weight Y of the bedstead, a brace having contracted ends adapted to pass through an aperture in each side rail, a threaded rod passing through said brace and projecting from the end thereof, nuts fitted to the ends of said rods, rods carried by the side rails and projecting beyond the ends thereof, head and foot boards through which said rods carried by the side rails pass and in which they have bearings, nuts for holding the head and foot boards to the side rails, and cleats upon the side rails adapted to support a bed-spring, as set forth. In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM CHARLTON.

Witnesses:

WESLEY WHITMAN, J. B. GIBBS. 

